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English: "227 (plate number) East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail."   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Andrew J. Russell  (1829–1902)  wikidata:Q4757433
 
Andrew J. Russell
Alternative names
Andrew Joseph Russell; A. J. Russell; Capt. A. J. Russel
Descreeption American photographer
Date of birth/death 20 Mairch 1829 Edit this at Wikidata 22 September 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Walpole Brooklyn
Work period 1862-1902
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creator QS:P170,Q4757433
Title
English: "227 (plate number) East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail."
Descreeption
English: *The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).
  • The original glass negative is in the archives of the American Geographical Society of New York (the white streaks radiating from the extreme right of the photograph represent pressure cracks in the wet plate itself).
Español: *Fotografía que muestra el momento de unión de las dos líneas del primer ferrocarril transcontinental de Estados Unidos que tuvo lugar el 10 de mayo de 1869 en Promontory, Estado de Utah. En el centro se puede ver como se estrechan la mano los representantes de las dos compañías constructoras y rivales: Samuel S. Montague (izquierda) por la Central Pacific, y Grenville M. Dodge (derecha), de la Union Pacific.
Date 10 Mey 1869
date QS:P571,+1869-05-10T00:00:00Z/11
Notes Cropped and gamma corrected, temporary file for FPC.
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 594940.

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